💥 Attack

Storm Shadow missiles struck the Kremnei El electronics factory in Bryansk, causing nine explosions. The factory is one of Russia's largest military electronics and components facilities.

Bryansk, Bryansk Oblast
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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Institute for the Study of War Meduza Ukrinform Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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A salvo of 8-12 Storm Shadow missiles hit the Kremnei El electronics factory in Bryansk, with nine sizable explosions

Ukrainian forces struck the Kremniy El defense plant in Bryansk City

The plant produces microelectronics and semiconductors used in Russian military systems

Meduza → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian forces struck the Kremniy El microelectronics plant which manufactures missile components for the Russian military

Meduza → Source tone: likely

Storm Shadow cruise missiles were used in the attack

Meduza → Source tone: likely

At least seven cruise missiles struck the facility, with five hitting Building No. 4 and two hitting other production structures

Meduza → Source tone: certain

The Bryansk College of Management and Business was damaged

Meduza → Source tone: likely

A missile hit a road and car on Krasnoarmeyskaya Street roughly 250 meters from the plant

Meduza → Source tone: certain

Authorities blocked off roads leading to the area

Meduza → Source tone: likely

Missiles approached from multiple directions mostly from the east using low-altitude flight paths to navigate around air defenses

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The target was hit, causing significant damage to production facilities.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Kremniy El is a critically important link in the production chain of Russia's precision weapons.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The plant specializes in discrete semiconductor technology and integrated circuits, which act as the "brains" and "nervous system" of modern weapons, including Iskander missiles.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

As part of a systematic effort to reduce the military-economic potential of the Russian aggressor, units of Ukraine's defence forces carried out successful strikes with Storm Shadow air-launched missiles on the Kremniy El microelectronics plant in Bryansk.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Ukraine launched Storm Shadow missiles at a major Russian microelectronics factory in Bryansk Oblast.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

The strike caused significant damage to production, according to the Ukrainian military.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Storm Shadow missiles from Bryansk destroyed a Russian chip plant linked to Iskander production.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

On March 10, the Defense Forces struck the Russian microelectronics plant "Silicon El" in Bryansk, which produces control systems for all types of Russian missiles.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

According to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, it was hit by Storm Shadow cruise missiles.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

The effective strike on the Kremniy El microelectronics plant in Bryansk showed that Ukraine's Defense Forces have successfully integrated Storm Shadow missiles into their fleet of Su-24 aircraft.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:30.874Z

Source story: day-1478b-2026-03-17